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Worm astronauts get ready for trip to the ISS

Worm astronauts get ready for trip to the ISS

An elite group of worms called Caenorhabditas elegans is scheduled to make the flight to the International Space Station in order for scientists to...
First glucose responsive insulin proves successful in mice

First glucose responsive insulin proves successful in mice

The major problems for diabetics that use insulin to manage their diabetes are when to take the insulin and how much to take. Biochemists...
Astronomers find most massive pair of white dwarf stars ever seen

Astronomers find most massive pair of white dwarf stars ever seen

Miguel Santander-García with the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional in Alcalá de Henares, Spain and colleagues at the Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid and...
Navy rail gun unveiled while laser cannon tests continue

Navy rail gun unveiled while laser cannon tests continue

Navy ships of the future are going to have the kind of advanced weaponry that was once considered the sole province of science fiction....
Research: Holographic video displays poised to explode

Research: Holographic video displays poised to explode

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brigham Young University have overcome the hurdles that will make holographic video displays inexpensive and easy to...
Water on Vesta? Gullies suggest wet debris flows in the past, study finds

Water on Vesta? Gullies suggest wet debris flows in the past, study finds

The Dawn spacecraft is now very close to the dwarf planet Ceres, but there are some interesting new findings from its previous visit to...
Complexity in universe and life may indicate design

Complexity in universe and life may indicate design

Thermodynamics and physics show that entropy or randomness increases. New discoveries about the development of planets, solar systems, and life indicate that complexity actually...
British physicists prove speed of light is not a constant

British physicists prove speed of light is not a constant

For all practical matters and the seemingly impractical matters of astrophysics and particle physics, the speed of light has always been assumed and proven...
Some cone snails use insulin to slow down prey

Some cone snails use insulin to slow down prey

At least two species of venomous cone snails have developed a means to catch food fish by using insulin to slow down the fish...
Australians show jellyfish can detect ocean currents

Australians show jellyfish can detect ocean currents

Barrel jellyfish are capable of detecting the direction of ocean currents and swimming against the current. The first proof that any jellyfish could readily...

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